The principals of the two elementary schools that serve Greenwich Village, the West Village, the Meatpacking District and SoHo said they're expecting the same number of pre-K seats as last year, which will likely mean lots of disappointed parents.

P.S. 3, located on Hudson Street, is expecting to have a total of 54 seats, with 18 all-day spots, 18 morning spots and and 18 afternoon spots, Principal Lisa Siegman said.

In 2012, the Department of Education received a whopping 609 applications for the 54 seats, meaning fewer than 9 percent of youngsters got in.

P.S. 41 Principal Kelly Shannon said the West 11th Street school's pre-K seats are in similar demand, with many available spots set to go to children whose older siblings are already students at the school.

P.S. 41 will have 18 seats for the morning session and 18 seats for the afternoon session, like last year.

The number of families who requested P.S. 41 seats last year was not immediately available.

Applications to public pre-K programs are due April 5. Families fill out a centralized citywide application that allows them to select up to a dozen potential choices. All children who were born in 2009 are eligible to apply.

Families will find out if their child was accepted to a program in early June, and then they will have until June 19 to pre-register at that school.

Siegman said some pre-K seats will likely open up later in the year, as some families move or opt to send their kids to private schools.

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